and parts of Wales The Hen Harrier is one of the UK’s rarest raptors, and seeing a male Hen Harrier - which is more striking and harder-to-spot - is a remarkable and rare treat, especially ...

People across the UK looked to the skies on Saturday to witness a partial solar eclipse. The celestial event, which happens when the Moon partially obscures the Sun as it passes between the Sun ...

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A photographer has captured images of a rare bird for the first time in 30 years. Barry Buttle, a photographer based in Lowestoft, was out shooting photos near the Castle Marshes Nature Reserve ...

A HAWK that terrorised villagers for weeks went on the attack only because it was hormonal, an expert has claimed. The Harris’s hawk, whose targets started wearing hard hats for protection ...

There are believed to be thousands of Harris hawks in the UK, but only a few are known to be living in the wild. They can also be kept privately in the UK. open image in gallery Rufus the Harris's ...

The UK's busiest train station is about to get even busier, with a multi-million pound makeover. London's Liverpool Street currently welcomes more than 118 million people a year, and new pictures ...

A runner from a Somerset club recently conquered the Steaming to the Coast marathon. Hydro Harriers' Tom Leman ran the full marathon route, finishing 10th out of 130 marathon finishers with a time ...

A hawk which terrorised a Home Counties village for weeks was attacking people because it was “hormonal”, a falconer has said. The Harris’s hawk was captured on Thursday after a string of ...